Teddi Mellencamp reveals relationship with older man amid cancer battle: ‘Taking it slow’

Teddi Mellencamp dished connected her caller narration pinch an “older” man amid her conflict pinch Stage 4 cancer.

“We’re going to telephone him Derek,” nan “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum shared connected a caller section of her podcast “Two Ts successful a Pod” without providing immoderate different revealing specifications astir her enigma man.

Mellencamp credited her caller beau in installments for being “pretty good” astir her crab travel truthful far, noting, “He’s a relatively, like, affirmative and logical personification successful general.”

“The point that I for illustration nan astir about him is he makes maine laugh,” she gushed.

So acold nan biggest hurdle for nan couple, who person been connected 10 dates together, has been uncovering a clip and spot to beryllium intimate.

“This is nan portion that’s truthful weird erstwhile you’re making love and you’re some parents, like, really are you ever expected to get past first base?” she asked.

“I person kids successful my house. He has kids successful his house,” she added. “His kids are older and they unrecorded location each nan time. My kids are small and they’re present each nan time.”

Mellencamp’s podcast co-host, “Real Housewives of Orange County” prima Tamra Judge, wondered really Derek’s grown children “don’t deliberation daddy boinks people.”

Mellencamp shared that she hasn’t brought up nan taxable connected dates yet, revealing, “I’m taking it slow pinch him. Normally, that’s not been my path.”

The reality prima — who shares girl Slate, 13, boy Cruz, 11, and girl Dove, 6, pinch estranged hubby Edwin Arroyave — was first diagnosed pinch Stage 2 melanoma successful 2022.

Mellencamp, who underwent respective surgeries complete nan years to dainty nan disease, shared successful April 2025 that nan cancer had progressed to Stage 4 aft metastasizing to her brain.

After continuing to undergo treatments and immunotherapy, she shared successful October 2025 that doctors recovered “no detectable cancer” but that she was “not considered successful remission.”

Mellencamp and Arroyave, who wed successful 2011, announced their divorce successful November 2024. 

Like his ex, Arroyave has besides put himself backmost into nan making love world pursuing their split.

Mellencamp told Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” successful February that she was “in a bully place” physically but that nan affectional betterment from her crab travel had been an uphill battle.

“I’ve been successful therapy,” she shared. “I’ve been moving really difficult trying to fig out, find that peace, find that happiness, find that joy, find myself again.”